CORNELIUS VAN WRIGHT and YING-HWA HU are a husband-and-wife team who have illustrated dozens of award-winning children's books. Their illustrations have been praised by Kirkus Reviews as "bright, detailed and dynamic, vividly depicting . . . characters' facial features and personalities." They live in New York City.
Jessie Haas is the author of numerous acclaimed books for young people, including "Unbroken", which was a "Publishers Weekly" Best Book, a "School Library Journal" Best Book, a Parent's Choice Gold Award winner, a Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, and CCBC Choice. Her most recent novel, "Shaper", won a Golden Kite Honor Award.